Creeper-shoe for horses



(No Model.)

P. W. WEIDA. GREEPER SHOE FOR HQRSES. 7 Nb. 543,415; Patented July 23', 1895.

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BEIGE PETER W. WEIDA, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CREEPER-SHOE FOR HORSES.

SPECIFICATIbN forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,415, dated July 23, 1895.

Application filed October 24, 1894. Serial No. 526,817. (No model.)

mal to obtain a firm and sure footing on slippery pavements, and to this end I provide a plate or slab of emery, corundum, sand, or similar materialcemented together by rubber and attach the same to the hoof by a strap or other convenient means, as more fully set forth hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a perspective view of a shoe or creeper o0nstructed in accordance with my invention.

- Fig. 2-is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 2 2, Fig. 3, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional elevation on the line 33, Fig. 2.

In carrying out my invention I first take a suitable mold of the size and contour of the plate A and'arrange within the same, at suitable intervals, the pivot tongues or lugs a of the various strap holders and guides A A A A A, and then cast or pour in the mixed ingredients of which the plate is formed.

The plate is preferably made from ground emery or corundum, or both, mixed with a sufficient quantity of melted rubber to bind the ingredients together, enough rubber being employed to give the plate some little elasticity, so that it wilhnot break when in use, while the emery or corundum will be present in sufficient quantity to form arough base which will enable the horse to obtain a sure and firm footing on wet or icy pavements. In lieu of emery or corundum, however, I may employ other material, such as sand or other sharp gritty substance, as will be readily understood.

The various strap holders or guides are arranged around the plate, one A being at the front and forming a base or holder to the opposite side bars, to which the ends of the straps D and D are secured, the two straps passing from thence through the various guides A A A A A at the sides of the plate and being united by a buckle d, so that when the straps are drawn tightly together the various guides will bend inwardly upon their pivotlugs a and will bind upon the inclined hoof of the horse and hold the shoe tightly in place.

It will be noted that the rear strap-guides A A on both sides of the plate are somewhat to the rear of the widest portion of the hoof, so that the plate, when the guides are drawn against the hoof, cannot move forward.

The plates or lugs a on which the strap guides or holders are pivoted are in the form of thin wedge-shaped strips of material widest at their inner ends, so that they cannot be pulled out of the plate, and provided at their being wide enough to embrace the entirelength of the lower bar of the guide, as shown, for instance, on the forward holder A.

The various lugs are arranged in the plate so that the greater portion of its thickness say about two-thirds-will be below the lugs, so that considerable wear is provided for before the lugs are exposed.

While the plate is still hot in the mold, I preferably run on top a quantity of soft rubber B, on which the horses shoe may rest, so as to form an elastic cushion which will yield under the weight of the animal and in which the heel and toe pieces of the shoe will partially be embedded and held, or this rubber may be afterward cemented to the top of the plate.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination, a plate of sharp gritty material and rubber, a series of pivot lugs embedded therein and projecting laterally from the edges of the plate, a forward strap holder and side strap holders or guides pivoted to said lugs, and opposite straps, each having one end secured to the forward strap holder and passing through the respective side strap holders or guides, substantially as specified.

2. In combination, a plate of sharp gritty material and rubber, a series of wedge-shaped pivot lugs an embedded therein, strap guides or holders A, A, A A A pivoted to said lugs, and strapsD Dsecured to the opposite side bars of the forward holder Aand passing to through the remaining holders or guides, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PETER W. WEIDA.

\Vitnesses:

HYA SOHUERIN, GEO. W. FARSON. 

